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Asked: 2026-06-11T01:22:05+00:00

Is there a way to have Eclipse automatically open/preview files as I select them

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Is there a way to have Eclipse automatically open/preview files as I select them in Project Explorer? I know I can double-click, but I want to quickly arrow up/down as I explore a project.

I am essentially looking for something like Mac Finder’s Quick Look or Windows 7 Explorer’s Preview Pane. IntelliJ IDEA has this functionality also and calls it “Autoscroll to Source”.

Eclipse has “Link to Editor” but that works the reverse of what I want (what IntelliJ IDEA calls “Autoscroll from Source”) – it updates the Project Explorer from the editor. I want the editor to update from the Project Explorer.

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  1. Editorial Team
    Window -> Preferences -> General -> Open Mode (single click)

    This option open new source file in new editor tab. To disable this, and keep only one active editor tab, use:

    Window -> Preferences -> General -> Editors -> 
Select checkbox 'Close editors automatically' -> 
Set 'Number of opened editors before closing' to 1
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